Cai Weilian Explained

Cai Weilian
Birth Date:1904
Birth Place:Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Death Place:Kunming, Yunnan, China
Nationality:Chinese
Occupation:Painter
Spouse:Lin Wenzheng

Cai Weilian (; 1904–1939) was a Chinese painter.

Early life

Cai Weilian was born and raised in Shaoxing, Zhejiang; of Chinese philosopher Cai Yuanpei seven children, Weilian was reportedly his favourite.[1] She studied oil painting in both Belgium and France.[1]

Career

Cai specialised in modernist oil painting and became a professor at the Hangzhou-based National Academy of Art in 1928.[1]

Later years

Cai Weilian married fellow artist Lin Wenzheng and relocated to Kunming, Yunnan. She died after childbirth in 1939.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sullivan, Michael. Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary. University of California Press. 9780520244498. 2006. 7.